by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 84,036 people earned their degree in engineering technologies, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In , engineering technologies graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $52,759 and had an average of $20,964 in loans still to pay off.
Across South Carolina, there were 1,378 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,365 and $16,531 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 184 engineering technologies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,113 and $25,164 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in engineering technologies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in engineering technologies.
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The engineering tech school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina”.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, South Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Carolina State University is a public institution located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Full South Carolina State University Engineering Technologies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Benedict College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina. Benedict College is located in Columbia, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina. Clemson University is located in Clemson, South Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 137 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina. Spartanburg, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s engineering tech degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Francis Marion University landed the #5 spot on the list. Francis Marion University is a small school located in Florence, South Carolina that handed out 3 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Engineering Technologies at Francis Marion University
Claflin University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #6. Claflin is a small school located in Orangeburg, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Bob Jones University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Engineering Tech Major in South Carolina ranking. This small school is located in Greenville, South Carolina, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s engineering tech degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Engineering Technologies at Bob Jones University
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